The moment the police lieutenant saved the lives of 4 drowning people in Vung Tau beach: ”The joy is not complete because we can’t save everyone”

The victims were a group of young men and women, holding each other in the midst of strong waves. They are being swept out to sea at about 8:30 am, April 10 morning in Phuoc Tinh commune, Long Dien district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province.

Talking to Dan Tri, Lieutenant Hieu, 33 years old, said that at the time of the accident, the swimming area was only with the group of victims and his family there. Artificial rocky shore – the area where the victims swim is about 40m long, more than 30m from the shore. The inside of the rocky shore had no waves, at first the victims gathered there, then they encountered unusually large waves, so they clung to each other, swept away by the waves.

Swim to the place, Mr. Hieu climbed onto the rocky shore, looked down and saw that the group was dying. Waves swept them out to sea more than 10m from the rocky shore. In it, a girl fainted, was hugged by a young man.

Mr. Ngo Hieu, jumped down, swam to the spot and hit the young man’s hand hard, separating the two. He pulled the girl and pushed 2 other young men to the shore at the same time.

At that time, Hieu heard the voice of friends on the shore: “Hieu, be careful. Don’t try too hard”.

But without time to rest, Mr. Hieu returned immediately. Fortunately, just swimming to the place, local people were present and saved 2 more people in trouble. The last person was then pulled to safety by Mr. Hieu.

“Before that, I had been swimming for a long time, my body was tired, so people were afraid that I wouldn’t be able to save the victims, sometimes affecting their lives. But at that time I didn’t think much of it, just thought how to save it. I’m a lifeguard, my conscience won’t allow me to stop,” said Lieutenant Thai Ngo Hieu.

Unlike her friends, Ms. Van Anh (33 years old, Mr. Hieu’s wife) did not stop her husband but encouraged and empowered him to swim back to the sea for the second time to save lives.

After about 10 minutes, Hieu brought 4 people to shore safely. However, there are victims with cyanosis, some lying motionless, signs of apnea, cardiac arrest. Lt. Hieu immediately rushed over to perform CPR, heart compression, chest compression. The most critical person regained consciousness after about 2 minutes of timely emergency and was taken to the hospital soon after. The incident was recorded by a friend in Hieu’s group and shared on social networks, attracting many people’s attention.

Lieutenant Hieu said, this is not the first time he has saved people. Working at the Fire and Rescue Team in Trang Bom area, Dong Nai province, he and his teammates have performed hundreds of times to save lives. Last year, he was voted as a typical individual in the work of Fire Prevention and Rescue.

After saving a group of friends, Ngo Hieu knew that there was still one more person who was swept away by the waves. Immediately, he coordinated with the local rescue team to search. About 30 minutes later, people reported finding the victim’s body drifting about 500m away from the crash site.

“I’m sorry, the joy is not complete because I couldn’t save everyone,” said the Fire Police Lieutenant.

However, for the young lieutenant, this rescue is considered his most memorable memory because he saved many lives at the same time, and the job was spread by the online community.

On the evening of April 10, Mr. Hieu still stayed with his family in Phuoc Tinh commune with his family, and will return home to Trang Bom this morning.

On the evening of April 9, a group of 10 young people from Ho Chi Minh City went to a tourist area in Phuoc Tinh commune, Long Dien district. Ba Ria – Vung Tau), rent a room for the ceremony.

At about 8 a.m. on April 10, this group went to the beach behind the resort to bathe, but the security guard did not allow it because the waves were big at this time, and there were no lifeguards. After that, the group of young people went to a beach more than 100m away from the tourist area to swim together when the accident happened.

5 people in the group (3 women, 2 men) were swept away by the waves and drowned. The people around heard the cry for help and quickly rescued, brought 4 people ashore in a state of exhaustion, 1 victim was missing and his body was found a few hundred meters away from the scene.

The incident was then videotaped by people, posted on social networks and received hundreds of comments and shares about Lieutenant Hieu’s brave actions. In addition, some also expressed their condolences to the victim’s family.

According to dantri.com.vn